Pencil-sharpener



(No Model.

W. E. "SIBLEY. I

- PENCIL SHARPBNER. $10,291,235. I Patented Jan. 1, 1884.

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- may give the required point to a pencil.

PENClL-SHARPENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 'No. 291,255, dated January 1, 188

Application filed August- 1, 1883. (No model.)

f0 aIZZ. whom it may concern,

' Be it known that I, WILLARD E. SIBLEY, a citizen of the United States,'residing at eston, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Pencil-Sharpener, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

I My invention relates to a device for sharpening pencils; and it consists inthe construction, arrangement, and combination of the several parts of the mechanism, as hereinafter set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view, Fig. 2 a rear view, and Fig. 3 a plan, of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 1 1 in Fig. 2, showing parts Fig. 5 shows part of a strip to form the cutting or rasping belt, illustrating the mode of connecting the ends of the same. Fig. 6 shows a section of the pencil-holder, drawn one larger scale.

The frame of the machine has two arms, A and B, inline with each other, and an arm, 0, at right angles thereto. The frame has connected therewith a clamp, D, having athumbscrew, or, for fastening the device on a table or like support.

There are two pulleys, one, E, to revolve on a Stud, 1), and the other, F, to revolve on a Stud, 0. About these pulleys a band, G, extends, being of proper width and having its outer surface covered with suitable material as sand whereby, by cutting or rasping, it

0onnected rigidly with the pulley E or with the hub thereof is a pulley, H, adapted for a belt, (I. Connected with the pulley F, or joined to the hub thereof, is a pinion, e. Firmly connected to the stud c is an arm, f, bearing a gear, I, which engages with the pinion e and is fi'xed to a shaft, which may revolve in a bearing, 9, fixed to the arm f. To the other end of this shaft is joined a crank, 71. The Stud 1) is adapted to be moved along a slot, 1 in the arm A and to be fastened at any desired place therein, by means of athumb-piece, j, which screws 011 the stud atthe back of the arm, to clamp the stud thereon. The Stud 0 may in a similar manner he moved along a slot, 70, in the arm B and be clamped to the arm by means of a thumb-nut, Z. By means of such adjustment the required tension may be given to the band G and the belt cl.

7 In the side of the arm 0 is secured a stand. J, by means of a thumb-screw, m, and adapted so that it may be raised or lowered and be in: clined, as desired. 7 The upper end of the stand J has bearings n, wherein the pencil-holder K may revolve, and is formed to receive between the bearings a apulley, 0, fixed on the pencilholder. This stand is of the hook shape shown,whereby the pencil-holder may be in-- angle and firmly held in the required position.

This plate is formed so as to have considerable elasticity and to press against the under surface of the band G, immediately under the pencil.

The pencil-holder K is hollow, having a.

cavity therein and openings at the ends of less diameter than said cavity. There are Shoulders q, made tapering, as shown, at the ends of this cavity. In this cavity is a tube, 9, of rubber or of material having like elasticity. By pressing the shoulders (1 against the ends of the rubber tube the central opening in the latter may be contracted. This I prefer to do by making the pencil-holder of two parts, 8 and t, and, screwing one part on the other, as shown. Thus the central opening in the rubber tube is adjusted to pencils of any size and the pencilholder adapted to firmly hold the pencil.

In operation, a pencil, M, is thrust in the holder, so that the end to be pointed is suitably over the band G, as shown. The plate L is properly raised,inclined,and secured, and, if need be, the stand J inclined, so that the band will be caused to press against the penoil in such a manner as to give the desired taper thereto. On revolving the gear I, by means of the crank h, the pinion e and pulley F are revolved, giving motion to the band G, and consequently causing the pulley E and the pulley H to revolve. By means of the pulley H and belt (I, the pulley 0 and pencil-holder K and pencil M are also revolved. Thus the material of the pencil is quickly cut away by the rasping action of the band till the pencil is sharpened, a true and even taper being given to the end thereof. Pencils of any inaterial-lead or slate-may be sharpened by this machine neatly and with dispatch.

It is desirable that the ends of the piece to form the band G should be so joined as to leave no ridge on its outer surface. For this purpose the cndsu and i: are hutted together, and a binding and re-enforeing piece, ug'pasted or glued 011 the interior surface of the band, over the place of juncture of said ends. The piece in may be of any desired length, extending the length of the band, if desired to so strengthen the baud.

I claim as my invention 1. In a device for sharpening pencils, the combination of two pulleys, and a cutting or rasping band extending about the pulleys, with a pencil-holder located in such position as to hold the pencil against some part of the band between the pulleys, substantially as set forth.

2. In a peneilsharpener, a pencil-holder having a cavity and a rubber or other elastic tube in said cavity, in combination with means for compressing said tube, substantially as set forth.

3. In combination with two pulleys and a cutting or rasping band extending around said pulleys, a plate, L, adapted to be adjusted, inclined, and secured in relation to the band,

substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a pencil-sharpener, the combination of two pulleys, a cutting orrasping band about the pulleys, a pencil-holder, and means for adjusting said pulleys, whereby the required tension may be given to said band, substanstantially as set forth.

of pulleys E and F, band G, and adjustable studs 1) and 0, substantially as specified.

S. The combination of pulleys E and Ffband G, and revolving pencil-holder K, substan tially as specified.

9. The combination of pulleys E and F,band G, and plate L, elastic and adjustable, substantially as specified.

10. The combination of two pulleys, E and F, band G, elastic and adjustable plate L, and revolving pencil-holder K, substantially as set forth.

11. In a pencil-sharpener, a cutting orrasping band, the ends of the piece forming the same being butted togctherand held by means of a binding or l e-enforcing piece on the inner surface of the band over the place of juncture of said ends, in combination with a penoil-holder located in such relation to said band that the pencil held transverse to the band,

substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

\VILLARD E. SIBLEY.

W'itnesses:

EDW. DUMMER, S. M. DUMMER. 

